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Re: [Bug 289918] Re: Regression: Connecting to FreeNX breaks keyboard layout in Intrepid

 

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Marcelo Boveto Shima <marceloshima@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Martin Emrich <emme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I tried it with Gnome, KDE, IceWM and even a bare xterm on the server
>> side, all with the same effect. So I don't think it has anything to do
>> with the chosen desktop environment.
>>
>
> Maybe, but, using an intrepid client and a hardy (or older) server:
>  1) Start a xterm session with "new virtual desktop".
>  2) Execute gnome-session on xtem.
>  3) Change the keyboard model.
>  4) Kill the gnome-session.
>  5) Start a new gnome-session on the same xterm.
>  6) The keyboard now works as spected
>
> So I really think it is a gnome bug, maybe gnome-control-center, maybe
> gnome-settings-daemon
> or even gnome-session.
>

I just found the workaround:
 $ killall metacity

This should reset the hotkeys table.

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Regression: Connecting to FreeNX breaks keyboard layout in Intrepid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289918
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Status in FreeNX open source NX Server: New
Status in “xorg-server” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Details:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6043289&posted=1#post6043289

Story:
I have a Ubuntu 8.04.1 64bit server with FreeNX (used to be Debian Etch 4 with NomachineNX).  Then I have two 32bit clients, one with XP and one with Intrepid (used to be Hardy).  The Intrepid-client also has FreeNX (server) installed.

When it breaks the keymap is messed up to the point of not being usable in the NX-session.  Locally run programs are not affected.  Regular letters and numbers are not affected, but arrow keys and special keys such as pgup, pgdn, and delete are either not functioning or doing weird things (e.g. arrow up is remapped to screenshot).

The following works:
WinXP to Debian Nomachine
Hardy to Debian Nomachine
WinXP to Intrepid FreeNX
WinXP to Hardy FreeNX

The following is broken:
Intrepid to Hardy FreeNX
Intrepid to Intrepid FreeNX

Changing character-map on the FreeNX host does not help.  Keyboard works fine locally, and simultaneously with the NX-session (ie if I have a text editor on top the home key will work in the editor run locally, but nothing run remotely).



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